Expressing serious concern over online fraud and digital arrests to dupe people by fabricating judicial orders, the Supreme Court on Friday asked the Centre and the CBI to spell out their respective stand on dealing with the menace.

A Bench led by Justice Surya Kant, which took suo motu cognisance of a shocking case of digital arrest of an elderly couple in Ambala, Haryana, on the basis of forged orders of the top court and probe agencies by fraudsters to extort more than Rs 1.05 crore, also asked the Haryana Government and Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crime, Ambala, to file their responses.

“The forgery of documents and the brazen criminal misuse of the name, seal, and judicial authority of this court or a High Court is a matter of grave concern. The fabrication of judicial orders be

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